At Hach , we ensure water quality for people around the world, and every associate plays a vital role in that mission. Our founding vision is to make water analysis better—faster, simpler, greener and more informative. We accomplish this through teamwork, customer partnerships, passionate experts, and reliable, easy-to-use solutions.

As part of our team, you’ll make an immediate, measurable impact on a global scale by enabling the world’s everyday water needs. You’ll also belong to a respectful and collaborative community that fosters career growth and professional development. You’ll be supported by resources that make a positive difference in your life because, at Hach, we value your authenticity and want your talents to shine.

Motivated by the highest possible stakes of climate change and global health, we’re working together within a rapidly digitizing industry to find innovative technologies that guarantee the safety of our water and our environment.

About the Role:

The Contracts Manager will analyze and negotiate contracts between Veralto Water Quality operating companies and suppliers, customers, partners, consultants, and others; Partner with field and corporate sales, purchasing, and other internal stakeholders to understand and deliver contract needs; Identify and track key performance indicators to drive improvements.

Responsibilities:

• Take ownership of the entire contract life cycle including, but not limited to, the review, negotiation and execution of commercial sales contracts, master purchasing agreements, distributor agreements, amendments, NDAs, and pricing.

• Acts in capacity of operating company liaison with customer purchasing department to negotiate mutually acceptable terms and conditions when issuing new contracts.

• Acts as advisor to sales, sales operations, finance, and other internal departments in identifying and summarizing legal risks in contracts.

• Collaborates with multiple departments including sales, finance, legal, sales operations, and other cross functional groups on contractual issues and internal projects.

• Ensures contracts meet legal, finance, compliance, and regulatory requirements per internal processes and procedures.

• Utilize document tracking (including contract lifecycle management systems).

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree required.

• JD required

• 4+ years’ experience in contracts or purchasing departments or as a paralegal or in business law with an emphasis in contract drafting, negotiating and review (including experience with contractual, indemnification and insurance concepts) or related field preferred.

• Strong experience reviewing, revising, negotiating and summarizing various commercial contracts.

• Strong business and technical knowledge of key contract terms and legal issues in contracts

• Large law firm experience preferred.

Travel:

• Less than 25% is required in North America and Europe.

The salary range for this role is $85,000 - $96,000 . This is the range that we in good faith believe is the range of possible compensation for this role at the time of this posting. We may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range and this range is only applicable for jobs to be performed in CA, CO, WA, and NYC.

This range may be modified in the future.

This job is also eligible for bonus pay.

We offer comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off, medical/dental/vision insurance and 401(k) to eligible employees.

Veralto Corporation and all Veralto Companies are committed to equal opportunity regardless of race, color, national origin, religion, sex, age, marital status, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, or other characteristics protected by law. We value diversity and the existence of similarities and differences, both visible and not, found in our workforce, workplace and throughout the markets we serve. Our associates, customers and shareholders contribute unique and different perspectives as a result of these diverse attributes.

The EEO posters are available here (https://www.dol.gov/agencies/ofccp/posters) .

We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform crucial job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us at applyassistance@veralto.com to request accommodation.

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We do not accept unsolicited assistance from any headhunters or recruitment firms for any of our job openings. All resumes or profiles submitted by search firms to any employee at any of the Veralto companies (https://www.veralto.com/our-companies/) , in any form without a valid, signed search agreement in place for the specific position, approved by Talent Acquisition, will be deemed the sole property of Veralto and its companies. No fee will be paid in the event the candidate is hired by Veralto and its companies because of the unsolicited referral.

Veralto and all Veralto Companies are committed to equal opportunity regardless of race, color, national origin, religion, sex, age, marital status, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, or other characteristics protected by law. We value diversity and the existence of similarities and differences, both visible and not, found in our workforce, workplace and throughout the markets we serve. Our associates, customers and shareholders contribute unique and different perspectives as a result of these diverse attributes.